աղուէս

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • աղուվէս (ałuvēs)

Etymology

Related to Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx, fox), Sanskrit लोपाश (lopāśá), Persian روباه (rubâh)), possibly also to Proto-Celtic *loɸernos, Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬋𐬞𐬌 (raōpi), Latin vulpēs (fox), Lithuanian lãpė, and either inherited from Proto-Indo-European[1][2] or of non-Indo-European substrate origin[3].

Noun

աղուէս (ałuēs)

  1. fox
    կորիւն աղուեսուkoriwn ałuesufox's cub

Declension

Derived terms

  • աղուեսադրոշմ (ałuesadrošm)
  • աղուեսախարան (ałuesaxaran)
  • աղուեսակերպ (ałuesakerp)
  • աղուեսաձուք (ałuesajukʿ)
  • աղուեսացաւ (ałuesacʿaw)
  • աղուեսաքուն (ałuesakʿun)
  • աղուեսենի (ałueseni)
  • աղուեսուկ (ałuesuk)
  • գիշերաղուէս (gišerałuēs)

Descendants

References

  1. Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 34
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), աղուէս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “aɫuēs”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 42

Further reading

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), աղուէս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), աղուէս”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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